5G coverage inside buildings to be a challenge as signals get transmitted on high frequencies: TraiTelecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman P D Vaghela during a virtual event organised by Digital Infrastructure Providers Asso...
21 Jan, 2022, 10.53 PM IST
Medical debts bankrupt Indians already ravaged by virusWhile the virus has affected the poor across the globe, the impact can be exponentially greater in countries like India where public spendi...
10 Jun, 2021, 07.03 PM IST
Rohit Sharma, Vinesh Phogat, Manika Batra, Mariappan Thangavelu up for Khel RatnaThe 33-year-old Rohit will only be the fourth cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar, just-retired Mahendra Singh Dhoni and current skipper Virat...
18 Aug, 2020, 03.23 PM IST
NHRC forms expert panel to study COVID impact on human rightsThe expert panel would be headed by Dr K S Reddy, president of Public Health Foundation of India. The expert committee would assess the imp...
06 Jul, 2020, 08.42 AM IST
Wrestlers Bajrang, Vinesh in race for Khel Ratna award after 'golden' 2018Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is set to analyse the Indian athletes' performance in the Asian Games in the first week of Septe...
29 Aug, 2018, 03.40 PM IST
Asian Games: Ministry clears 804-member contingent, will pay for 755The ministry cleared all the athletes and officials recommended by the IOA with the only rider being that only 49 officials can be part of ...
11 Aug, 2018, 04.29 PM IST
97pc BSF personnel satisfied with meals provided on duty: DRDO studyThe study, commissioned last year, was conducted by collecting data of "food preference and satisfaction level" from eight frontiers of the...
04 Apr, 2018, 10.06 PM IST
Government removes one from Dronacharya nominees, keeps Arjuna list intactThe decision means that tennis player Rohan Bopanna and weightlifter Sanjita Chanu have not been added to the list of Arjuna awardees.
19 Aug, 2017, 12.46 PM IST
Government rejects Gurmeet Ram Rahim, Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Padma awardsThe long list of prominent politicians, celebrities, sports persons and social activists was made public by the Home Ministry after 89 pers...
28 Mar, 2017, 09.27 PM IST
Abhinav Bindra, Prakash Padukone in 9-member Government Panel for National sports codeCommittee will be headed by Sports Secretary Injeti Srinivas will study issues related to sports governance including court judgements and ...
05 Jan, 2017, 06.58 PM IST
Footballer Prasun Banerjee recommends Dipa Karmakar as brand ambassador for gymnasticIndia football great Prasun Banerjee, who is also a Lok Sabha MP, has requested Sports Minister Vijay Goel to make gymnast Rio Olympian Dip...
09 Dec, 2016, 02.58 PM IST
One has to perform before reaping rewards here: Dipa Karmakar's coachNandi's answer was in reply to the opinion expressed by many top yesteryear sportspersons, including former hockey captain Dilip Tirkey who...
17 Sep, 2016, 05.09 PM IST
Produnova can’t be called a death vault: Dipa KarmakarKarmakar, who was the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, exceeded expectations by entering the vault finals in Rio before fi...
21 Aug, 2016, 12.27 AM IST
Sakshi Malik all set to get Khel Ratna for her Olympic medalIt has been decided that during Olympic years anyone, who wins a medal, will be automatically conferred with the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna aw...
18 Aug, 2016, 06.16 PM IST
AICS to take up low allocation on sports with finance ministerThe allocation for Sports Ministry got a marginal hike of Rs 50.87 crore from last year in the union budget for 2016-17, presented by Jaitl...
19 Apr, 2016, 07.18 PM IST
Sania Mirza conferred Khel Ratna, Arjuna awards also givenSania Mirza was today conferred with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna -- the country's highest sporting honour.
29 Aug, 2015, 07.12 PM IST
Sania Mirza gets Khel Ratna, 17 others get Arjuna awardSania Mirza's name was officially approved for the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, becoming only the second tennis player to be nomi...
14 Aug, 2015, 09.24 PM IST